You have to pass it a file handle (that you've determined via a different API function).

DECLARE INTEGER GetFileType IN WIN32API ;
INTEGER hFile

lnType = GetFileType( lnHandle)

It returns one of:

FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN
FILE_TYPE_DISK
FILE_TYPE_CHAR
FILE_TYPE_PIPE

>Can someone provide the syntax for using the
>GetFileType function in Win32Api?
>
>TIA